Saturday, September 2, 2017

Day 245 - This day in legal and military history

September 2
 

WORLD Beard Day
 

INTERNATIONAL Bacon Day [Saturday before Labor Day]
 

INTERNATIONAL Turkey Vulture Day 

NATIONAL V-J Day
 

NATIONAL Calendar Adjustment Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1666 The Great Fire of London, which devastates the city, begins
 

1789 The Treasury Department, headed by Alexander Hamilton, is created in New York City
 

1859 A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service
 

1901 Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase “Speak softly and carry a big stick” at the Minnesota State Fair
 

1912 Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America
 

1944 Anne Frank is sent to Auschwitz
 

1945 Japan signs the document of surrender aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II
 

1945 Vietnam declares its independence and Nationalist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaims himself its first president
 

1963 The US gets its first half-hour TV weeknight national news broadcast when CBS Evening News expands from 15 to 30 minutes
 

1992 The US and Russia agree to a joint venture to build a space station

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